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@HamptonFounders
A private, highly vetted network for high-growth founders and CEOs. Follow for operator insights and a behind-the-scenes look at incredible founder stories.
Aug 15, 2023 • 13 tweets • 5 min read
Bobby Watts is a Hampton member who does $5m+ per year building custom drones.

NatGeo, History Channel, Stranger Things, SpaceX - he's worked with them all.
20 employees, and 10k+ sq feet of office/innovation lab.

Here's how he bootstrapped the entire thing 👇 Image It all started back in high school. Bobby started building and flying RC helicopters at 14.

He was so good, he went pro (yeah, it's a thing) and traveled the world testing and designing heli's.

Here's one of his competition flights from wayyy back...

Jul 31, 2023 • 12 tweets • 6 min read
Summer Reading List: Personal Finance Edition

We've got a Slack channel dedicated to personal finance and investing. There are 130+ multi-million dollar founders in there.

We asked them all which money book they recommend most often to friends.

Here are 10 1. The Psychology of Money

This one was by far the most popular. It's basically 19 short stories explaining the strange ways people think about money, and how to do that better.

https://t.co/iFzgsp3gynamazon.com/Psychology-Mon…
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Jun 8, 2023 • 12 tweets • 5 min read
It was just supposed to be a hobby biz - something to do as a couple.

But today, the apparel brand they started from their spare bedroom does $60m+ and is one of the fastest-growing female-led companies in the US.

This is the story of Fresh Clean Threads 👇 Image First some background.

In 2015, Hampton members @MatthewParvis and @MelissaParvisFC were recently married, and wanted to start a business together.

It was the height of the Dollar Shave Club, and subscription boxes seemed cool. So they began searching for a product to sell.
May 31, 2023 • 9 tweets • 4 min read
Triple Whale was originally an internal tool, designed to help the co-founders with their DTC brand

Two years later, it's a stand-alone SaaS with 5k+ users, $50m+ in investment, and 8-figures in rev.

Here are 3 keys to their early growth (straight from co-founder Maxx Blank)👇 Image First some background...

Maxx is a Hampton member, and co-founder of Triple Whale.

He spent his early career in ecomm, first consulting with brands, then building his own.

He grew several DTC brands to $10m+, including Madison Braids, which he built with his wife Image
May 5, 2023 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
Starting a mega-thread library here of cool multi-million dollar founder stories... 👇

1/ Dan Crowley - Hauling Gravel For Uncle Sam

2/ Ryan Filsinger - The Fascinating Economics of The Gaming Industry

Apr 20, 2023 • 10 tweets • 3 min read
Dan Crowley makes millions each year from dump trucks.

But this photo captures one of the only time he's ever driven one.

Here's how a Jonah Hill movie (and access to the internet) inspired an 8-figure sweaty startup with more revenue per employee than Apple... Image It started with War Dogs, the Jonah Hill movie (based on a true story) of government contractors who made millions selling weapons.

"One of the first contracts they won was supplying 50,000 gallons of propane — just by playing middle man and brokering the contract." Dan told us.